Bella Vista Motel Choteau

I left Eugene following Katie who was driving a U-haul to move back to Idaho. From Idaho I drove north to the eastern side of Glacier National Park where I stayed for a few nights in Saint Mary. On the way there I stopped at a wayside and found I ...

Short stop at Belgrade, on the road, then up to this beautiful lake. The Flathead River's various forks crossed our paths several times while in Montana. Boating/resort towns all along the lake front, quiet beaches, tall forests of pine and birch. Very relaxing!

... Jo drove, sure enough , they didn't sound good. We drove to a truck mechanic and arrived around lunch, they were closed and and at 1 pm   they opened, I told them my problem and they said sure we can look at it in 1/2 hour. 2 1/2 hours later I went back inside and reminded them we were waiting. They took us immediately, jacked up the left side of the RV and spun the wheels, well sure enough ...

... was meeting two guys (tyser and andy) who were in there 4wd pickup bashing around these roads scoping for hunting season. Blown away by what we were doing and how simple our map was compared to their full on topographical they just laughed. Andy said he was having a bbq that night and since we were cycling straight passed we should stop in and camp on their lawn. We got there easily with his directions, about 8pm, sun pretty much down due to the storm we just ...

... go there for a holiday.
But when we get to Montana our boss always takes his crew for a weekend away at Glacier National Park, to prove to us foreigners that America has actually got some pretty places. that was definately worth going to see and i recommend it you.

... side at St Mary.

Once out of the park we immediately entered the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the scenery changed quite dramatically over a relatively small distance. Firstly passing through a huge expanse of fire-devastated forest, then rolling hills of lush meadows and finally vast plains of grassland and ranches.

We stopped briefly in the town of Browning for lunch, supplies and fuel and then ...

... us closer to the Rockies where we he showed us another of Mike's great great grandparent's old homesteads. We also saw antelope, several seagull-like birds called coulees and a couple of Minuteman missile sites. Then he took us back through town for some shopping and then to the RV where Shelby gave him one of her homemade rhubarb pies, and we said our goodbyes and hit the road for our long journey home.

... up camp and taking a few pictures of the surroundings, we biked into town to look for Uncle Jimmy and the house that Mike's great grandparents and mother lived in. Uncle Jimmy has been renting it for many years and is now fixing it up for sale. Mike's great grandparents moved the house into town from the Rocky Mountain ...

... We couldn't do much but wait with them until help arrived and make sure traffic slowed down. The ambulance arrived and took him to Great Falls Hospital. The other two were going to call friends to get his bike back to Canada. We settled in for the night at the Choteau City Park Campground in Montana.

While we were out in Seattle, we drove to the cattle ranch that James' aunt and uncle run in Polson, Montana. James loves it here and it was easy for me to see why! We did a cattle roundup on horseback, rode 4-wheelers, and visited Glacier National Park. A great trip!